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Argentina Buenos Aires

Green-backed Firecrown - Sephanoides sephanoides Š Greg Lasley http://home.earthlink.net/~glasley/

Argentina offers some very interesting birding as it has several distinctive nature regions. The biggest number of bird species is found in the central, eastern and north eastern areas because of the direct influence by the Chaco Plains and the Amazon Basin. Consequently the nearby Pampas have their own birding scenery that by no means should be overlooked. The sites suggested below will allow you to see many of the birds but not all on your own.

top sites

Costanera Sur Nature Reserve

This place is at a walking distance from the city`s centre. Walking from Florida st. down Córdoba Ave. to the port area you arrive to the northern entrance gate. Once in the reserve, you have more than 5 miles of diferent trails that take you bordering bushes, lagoons and the Rio de La plata shore. Here you will be able to see shore birds, lots of diferent waterfowl and Ibices, Herons, Gallinules, Rails, Pigeons, the Green-barred Woodpecker, the Rufous Hornero, Thrushes, the Black and Rufous Warbling Finch, the Baywing and many others.

The Pampas in the Buenos Aires province

Going out of Buenos Aires city to the west along Route 5 after driving260 km (162 m.) you arrive to a town by the name 9 de Julio ( 9th. July). From there onwards large fields -the Pampas- stretch on both sides of the road interspersed from time to time by small lagoons full of diferent ducks, Coscorobas and Black-necked swans. The Great Grebe and the Long-winged Harrier can be seen as well as Flamingos. Spotted Tinamous run often along the roads and Greater Rheas can be seen in the fields. The Burrowing Owl and the Short-eared Owl are often present as well as bunches of Eared Doves and Monk Parakeets. Also it is fairly easy to spot Field Flickers, Grassland Yellow Finches and where there are trees or bushes Siskins and Mockingbirds appear. White-browed Blackbirds and Pampas Meadowlarks can be seen getting in and out of the grasses.

contributor

Sergio Corbet
sergiobdfan@surfbirder.com

useful reading

Birds of Argentina and Uruguay - A field guide

[GOLD EDITION] by Tito Narosky, Dario Yzurieta & Hector Rivarola (Illustrator), Marioano Moldes (Translator) - Paperback - 348 pages - 15th Edition - (May 2003) [The English translation of 1st edition by Maurice Earnshaw - Vazquez Mazzini Editores
ISBN: 987913205X
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Books, CDs, DVDs etc.

See the main Brazil page for guides etc. covering the whole country...

reserves

Reserva Natural Otamendi

http://www.argentinaxplora.com/activida/parques/parc/otamendi.htm
Este ambiente mantiene su avifauna típica, con integrantes como los esportilleros enano y pampeano...

El Destino Private Reserve

http://www.fotosaves.com.ar/Lugares.html
About 2+ hours by car from Buenos Aires city...

Otamendi Nature Reserve

http://www.fotosaves.com.ar/Lugares.html
See also birds on lower dirt road leading to Parana de las Palmas river...

Reserva Natural Puerto de la ciudad de Mar del Plata

http://www.reservanatural.org.ar/
La Reserva Natural Puerto cuenta con aproximadamente 40 has. y se encuentra en jurisdicción del Partido de Gral. Pueyredón (Pcia. de Buenos Aires) en el predio ubicado al sur del Puerto de Mar del Plata...

Ribera Norte Nature Reserve

http://www.geocities.com/riberan/index_en.htm
The last bit of wilderness between the city and the riverAcassuso, San Isidro (northern suburbs of Buenos Aires city), Argentina... Alec Earnshaw`s excellent site...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

2000 [October] - Buenos Aires Province

http://home-1.worldonline.nl/~jvanderw/argentina00/arg1.html
During a 5-day stopover on our flight from Bolivia (see report) back to Europe, we birded in Buenos Aires province. This province has some well-known birding sites, mainly at or near the coast. Here we added 68 species, passerines as much as non-passerines, to the list of the whole trip, although we had already seen quite some pampas species in the Bolivian lowlands.

local guides

Alec Earnshaw

http://www.geocities.com/riberan/index_en.htm
Alec Earnshaw is available to guide you around Ribera Norte Nature Reserve and on daytrips to all the hotspots in the BA area. He can also supply maps, plans, bird lists, photos, opening times, etc. Do the illustrated virtual trail walk now! See photos of birds, native plants, etc.

Birding Pal

http://birdingpal.org/Argentina.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

places to stay

Los Dos Vagones

http://www.losdosvagones.com.ar
Los Dos Vagones (The Two Boxcars), is located near the Biosphere Reserve Parque Costero del Sur, declared by UNESCO in 1984, an excellent bird watching point in Buenos Aires province, Argentina...

artists

Photographer - Alec Earnshaw

http://www.fotosaves.com.ar/index_english.html
Includes 500+ of his own photos of Argentine birds - great stuff [as well as information on some birding places in the BA area. Alec is available as a guide to drive you out to the best hotspots].

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